INSTALLING SOLID STATE HARD DRIVE ON EXISTING MAC

How difficult is it to install solid state hard drive on an existing mac, you can buy the solid state hard drive from crucisl and someon will put it in, anyone ever done this?

Yes I have. It is very easy to do yourself. If you can turn a screw driver and unplug then replug one cable you can do it yourself.
The hardest part is having a current backup or clone of your original drive, that is if you don't want to do a clean install of OS X and programs, and then restoring either to the SSD. Although that is fairly easy also.

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I just put a solid state hard drive in my mac book pro and used super duper to copy the hard drive and move the data over to thew new ssd, but most of my music isn't in iTunes when I turned it on? How do I get my music to show up in my new drive?

I just put a solid state hard drive in my mac book pro and used super duper to copy the hard drive and move the data over to thew new ssd, but most of my music isn't in iTunes when I turned it on? How do I get my music to show up in my new drive?

Many thanks lllaass,
The Touch Copy third party software for PC's is the way to go it seems and although the demo is free, if you have over 100 songs then it costs £15 to buy the software which seems not a lot to pay for peace of mind. and restoring your iTunes library back to how it was.
Cheers
http://www.wideanglesoftware.com/touchcopy/index.php?gclid=CODH8dK46bsCFUbKtAod8 VcAQg

Adding a solid state hard drive to a Mac Pro 3,1

I have two hard drives in my Mac Pro 3,1. I want to add a solid state hard drive and upgrade Yosemite to it. I will eventually use my existing drive as extra storage. Does anyone know if this model of Mac Pro can support SSD drive? Also, can I mix and match normal hard drives with SSD drives? I know I will also need an adapter since SSD's are 2.5 inch. The one I am thinking about getting is the Kingston SSDNow V300 Series SV300S37A/240G 2.5" 240GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD). Any feedback that can confirm or deny compatibility would be appreciated.
Thanks,

I have Mac Pro (4.1 2009 model) and I have Samsung SSD 840 EVO 500GB. There is an issue you you want to run Yosemite. That drive requires that TRIM is enabled otherwise the perforamnce goes down. There is a Trim Enabler that you can get but but default Yosemite rejects it and disables it so you end up with a driver with TRIM not eanbled. There is a hack that allows you to get it working again but it has some security implications.
Just be aware of it.
Tom

I am replacing my existing SATA hard drive to a Solid State hard drive and want to image the drive, is this possible?

I am replacing my existing 320 GB SATA hard drive that clicks and makes weird noises to a Solid State hard drive and want to image the drive, is this possible? I then want to replace the DVD with a secondary large drive for storage.
So I am looking for any "gotchas" that I may be unaware of.
Thanks!

Put the Old drive in an external notebook drive enclosure. Install the SSD in your computer. Boot from your Old drive's Recovery HD:
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Clone Lion/Mountain Lion using Restore Option of Disk Utility
     1. Select Disk Utility from the main menu then press the Continue
         button.
     2. Select the destination volume from the left side list.
     3. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
     4. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it
         to the Destination entry field.
     5. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to
         the Source entry field.
     6. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the New SSD. Source means the external Old hard drive.
Set the new Startup Disk to the SSD and restart the computer.
This process clones both your old OS X volume and the Recovery HD volume to the SSD. You can use a similar process to clone the SSD to the new hard drive you will install.

I have a 2007 20" iMac. Can I get a solid state hard drive installed? Can the Apple store do it? How long? What cost?

I have a 2007 20" iMac. Can I get a solid state hard drive installed? Can the Apple store do it? How long? What cost?

Sure-glad to help you. You will not lose any data by changing synching to MacBook Pro from imac. You have set up Time Machine, right? that's how you'd do your backup, so I was told, and how I do my backup on my mac. You should be able to set a password for it. Save it. Your stuff should be saved there. So if you want to make your MacBook Pro your primary computer, I suppose, back up your stuff with Time machine, turn off Time machine on the iMac, turn it on on the new MacBook Pro, select the hard drive in your Time Capsule, enter your password, and do a backup from there. It might work, and it might take a while, but it should go. As for clogging the hard drive, I can't say. Depends how much stuff you have, and the hard drive's capacity. As for moving syncing from your iMac to your macbook pro, should be the same. Your phone uses iTunes to sync and so that data should be in the cloud. You can move your iTunes Library to your new Macbook pro
you should be able to sync your phone on your new MacBook Pro. Don't know if you can move the older backups yet-maybe try someone else, anyways,
This handy article from Apple explains how
How to move your iTunes library to a new computer - Apple Support''
don't forget to de-authorize your iMac if you don't want to play purchased stuff there
and re-authorize your new macBook Pro
time machine is an application, and should be found in the Applications folder. it is built in to OS X, so there is nothing else to buy. double click on it, get it going, choose the Hard drive in your Time capsule/Airport as your backup Time Machine and go for it. You should see a circle with an arrow on the top right hand of your screen (the Desktop), next to the bluetooth icon, and just after the wifi and eject key (looks sorta like a clock face). This will do automatic backups of your stuff.

Mac mini solid state hard drive does that replace the 2 by 1T hard drive

mac mini solid state hard drive does that replace the 2 by 1T hard drive

There wouldn't be enough room in the Mac Mini enclosure for 2 Fusion Drives since they are really just a SSD and a Platter HD working in conjunction. Could really be smoking in a 4 Drive RAID box though. I am speculating here but there is only 1 additional partition allowed in the Fusion Drive. My thought is that the current Management Software would get thoroughly confused with multiple partitions probably due to mount points not being able to register in a normal manner. IMHO the Fusion Drive is another crutch for the normal/average user that doesn't want to be bothered with file management protocols.

Hello everyone. I have recently installed a Samsung SSD (solid state hard drive) into my destop PC. For some reason Lightroom does not see it ? So i cannot ingest photos from it, or copy photos from a card to it. It is not listed as a drive option. LR see

hello everyone. I have recently installed a Samsung SSD (solid state hard drive) into my destop PC. For some reason Lightroom does not see it ? So i cannot ingest photos from it, or copy photos from a card to it. It is not listed as a drive option. LR sees every other drive. My computer sees it fine, so i was able to create a catalogue there. Im running windows 8.1. Any ideas ? I will also add that this drive became corrupt and was repaired by Samsung. Maybe they didn't do a very good job.. ..

Yes pretty much that, but to clarify sorry
Opened Lightroom.
Create new catalogue.
This opened the Windows 8 file explorer window and Windows recognises the drive. So I was able to create a catalogue there and save.
I then inserted my memory card into my card reader which LR recognised. I selected it, chose all the photos within and then navigated to the right side of the Lr import dialogue window to locate this problem drive as on this occasion i want the RAW files on the same drive as the lrcat. However all my other drives are listed but not this Samsung SSD.
In addition this Samsung SSD is not listed a drive to import from in the same dialogue window.

Installed a cloned a 500g solid state hard drive but unable to boot. Can only hear drive spinning quietly, no chime to launch OS. Total darkness. Can anyone help? thanks in advance!

Installed a cloned 500g solid state hard drive but unable to boot in macbook pro. Can only hear drive spinning quietly, no chime to launch OS. Total darkness. Can anyone help? thanks in advance!

Hi Retired Engineer,
Yes, you're right. It is the Seagate Momentus XT and it does not spin. That was just a layman's term for computer illiterate like myself. After hours of inspection & a prayer, I discovered by pulling the 4 GB memory chips out I put in, replacing the 1.5 GB back in for the memory which I upgraded 3 years ago. Chime! It works! So it is the 4 GB memory causing the problem. But why? Does that mean my Macbook Pro does not support with more memory? The fan noise is now gone which I suspect it was caused the other overheating Seagate hard drive & eventually causing the crash. However, the top bar temp indicator shows 174˙F @ 000rpm. Does that also mean the fan on the left is not working? (the right fan on the board works). Do they work simutaneously? Or left fan is just a back up?
Thanks for your reply & kind gesture.

FAILED: Solid State Hard Drive

So bummed I've had the computer a year and just out of warantee. I remember getting errors form the computer just after I got it but, my daughter was about to have a hemispherectomy (1/2 brain removed due to seizures) I hadn't had the time to get this error looked into. I got the error every once in a while and ignored it there wasn't enough time to get the computer looked at with all the appointments for my daughter. Now I'm a month out of warantee and had attempted to install Lion which failed because my solid state hard drive failed. I guess the errors were coming from the hard drive.
Sadly the computer was a Christmas gift from my husband last year and now I'm looking an an 800 dollar repair. Simply the end to a year I wouldn't want to remember....sigh!
I sure hope you guys have had better luck......

Update:
     Phone call to retail store this AM and didn't get much the lead support guy was in training and I was told that he'd call me in the afternoon. I called again at 3pm EST and was told that there isn't much they can do. I am a month out of warantee. They did tell me that if they sent my computer out to a authorized retailer that the cost would be 200 dollars instead of 800 dollars. The said that the 800 dollars would be the cost to have my computer fixed at the store.
     I'm really bummed my kid was really sick and I didn't have time to spend on myself to get my computer fixed. Now that I have the time my computer is one month out of warantee. I take great care of my laptops I had my last one for 8 years. It was a Windows machine and it basically died from over use. My mac air was a gift from my husband and it was like he was reading my mind because I wanted a mac with a solid state.
     The retail store told me to call Apple Care...I do understand that I am a month out of warantee and that is not anyones fault but mine but, for a solid state to go bad after a year that's just faulty hardware....COME ONE PEOPLE!!

Can I put a solid state hard drive in my older MacBook Pro?

Can this Macbook pro 2.2GHz MacBook Pro (MC723LL/A) be upgraded to a solid state hard drive?

Yes. Visit OWC for suitable SSDs from their 3G collection. Also, you may look into their DataDoubler that lets you remove the optical drive and install the HDD in that space. They also will have some installation tutorials.

Solid State Hard Drive Replacement For HP ENVY TouchSmart 15-j053cl?

Hello there,
I want to swap out my current 1TB harddrive from my year-and-a-half old HP ENVY with a 500 GB solid state harddrive that I just purchased from Amazon.
Two questions:
1) Is this solid state harddrive compatiable with my computer (specs below)?
2) I want to reinstall windows onto the solid state harddrive after I install it (assuming its compatable). How can I go about putting Windows 8 on a bootable usb drive to do this? The computer does not have an optical drive and I don't have an external optical drive, so installing Windows via bootable usb is my only option.
I'm aware I can "clone" my PC onto the external harddrive if I wish, but I'd rather do a clean install if I can.
Computer Specs:
HP ENVY TouchSmart 15-j053cl
Product: E0K05UA#ABA
Solid State Hard Drive Specs:
Samsung 850 EVO 500GB 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-75E500B/AM)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00OBRE5UE/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Please let me know any advice you may have. Also, please feel free to ask any questions - hopefully I provided enough details.

Windows 8.1 has a built-in tool to make a recovery usb drive:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/create-usb-recovery-drive
The HP Backup and Recovery app can also do it. This is a factory clean install image and any data and programs you have added will be lost. If you have an external hard drive you can also do a backup with Windows File History. Then, add the backed up files to the factory install. You can also use File History to make a system image type backup and restore it to the new drive using a repair disk but this is virtually the same as a clone, which you said you do not want.
Manual
Your service manual linked above. See page 47.
The Evo 850 is the best SSD on the market in my humble opinion and will work just fine for you.
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2011 MACBOOK PRO WITH SOLID STATE HARD DRIVE.

Hello everyone. I would like to know is it worth going with the 512 solid state hard drive or the 750 at 5400 rpm or 500 at 7200 rpm. My use is for Audio programs such as Serato, Logic and Protools. I would like to know if anyone has the solid state and how you like speed of the computer. Basically is it worth the 1100.00 extra.

No one probably wants to touch this because it really is about how high end a user you can afford to be. I suspect your audio programs will work fine with a 7200 rpm hard drive, depending perhaps on file sizes. I did buy a 512gb ssd and put it in my 2010 mbp. It has read and write speeds comparable to what Mac promises with the in-house drives (maybe a little faster). If you can afford an ssd you would never go back to a hard-drive. It removes a performance bottleneck that will always be there to some degree with a regular hard-drive. 512gb ssd's are a luxury at this point. Your call.

Putting in new solid state hard drive

I'm trying to instal a new solid state hard drive into my Pavilion p-6. I ordered the re-installation disks from HP. The new solid state hard drive is smaller than the original drive. When I put in disk#1 the disk promt tells me the new hard drive is smaller than the original and it will not continue the process. HOW CAN I OVER RIDE THIS? And make this work?

Hi,
The information that I had last received from HP internal indicates that a 160 GB SSD would be the minimum size required before the HP external recovery media will work.
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T400s solid state hard drive already full

I have a newly-purchased t400s with a 120gb solid state hard drive. The drive is already almost full, and I have only uploaded about 35gb of data from my old computer. How is this possible? Are there specific programs that are eating up my storage space? Thanks.
Moderator edit: Added detail to subject.

Is it a Lenovo-provided installation or your own clean install?
How long have you had it? is it doing those ridiculous R&R automatic backups to itself?
What's the partitioning layout shown in disk management? Service partition? Recovery partition?
From the above you can tell I have no idea what's going on...
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Disk Drive Full. Whats the best way to transfer operating system to larger non solid state hard drive .

Heres the Lowdown,
I have a Desktop that has a 250 G Solid state hard drive , and a secondary 750 G Hard drive.
My OS is installed on the solid state , and also a lot of my audio software which needs to also be on the same disk drive as the operating system ;
Problem is I've run out of room and continually get DISK FULL error messages , which stop me from doing any real time audio tracking and recording.
I've backed up all files to an airport drive ( I'm a bit paranoid about losing vital info) .
Is there a way to reinstall the OS onto the second larger drive and just transfer the remaining software across
Will I have to reinstall all previous versions of software if I do this?
Will The processing slow down if the OS is run on the Standard drive rather than the Solid State drive ?
Last time I tried to clear some space on the OS drive I accidentally deleted vital information, so I wanna make sure I do this properly.
Any advice would be much appreciated.

Carbon Copy Cloner (1 Month Demo with full capabilities). Because CCC also has the ability to transfer your Recovery Partition
SuperDuper (Free for a full clone). Recovery partition will not be transferred
Applications -> Utilities -> Disk Utility -> Restore (from SSD to 750 hard disk). Recovery partition will not be transferred.
Or install the OS on the 750 hard disk (with will install a recovery partition), then use migration assistant to move your files over. Or you could then use one of the above utilities to overwrite the just installed OS without messing with the recovery partition.

INSTALLING SOLID STATE HARD DRIVE ON EXISTING MAC

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